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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 220 

To express the concern of the Senate regarding the passage of the antisecession law by the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic 

of China, and to support dialogue between the People’s Republic of 

China and Taiwan on an equal footing and without preconditions. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2005 

Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. BIDEN, Mr. KYL, 

Mr. BOND, Mr. COBURN, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. DORGAN, 

and Mr. BINGAMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

To express the concern of the Senate regarding the passage 

of the anti-secession law by the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, and to support 

dialogue between the People’s Republic of China and 

Taiwan on an equal footing and without preconditions. 

Whereas any attempt to determine Taiwan’s future by other 

than peaceful means and other than with the express 

consent of the people of Taiwan is of grave concern to 

the United States; 

Whereas the People’s Republic of China increased its military 

budget by 12.6 percent this year and currently maintains 
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approximately 700 conventional missiles and 250,000 

troops along the Taiwan Strait; 

Whereas the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China on March 14, 2005, passed an anti-secession law creating a legal framework for possible use of 

force against Taiwan; 

Whereas the anti-secession law mandates that China use military action under certain circumstances, including when 

‘‘possibilities for a peaceful reunification should be completely exhausted’’; 

Whereas any threat of force against Taiwan only serves to escalate tension between Taiwan and the People’s Republic 

of China, impede dialogue between the 2 countries, and 

undermine regional peace and security; 

Whereas the anti-secession law endorses dialogue between 

China and Taiwan ‘‘on an equal footing,’’ and calls on 

China to promote peace and stability through personal 

exchanges, closer economic ties, and other measures; 

Whereas, in recent years, Taiwan has invested more than 

$80,000,000,000 in enterprises in China, and China is 

now Taiwan’s largest trading partner, with total trade 

worth over $50,000,000,000; 

Whereas, on February 24, 2005, Chen Shui-bian, the President of Taiwan, and James Soong, the leader of the People’s First Party, issued a 10-point consensus affirming 

their commitment to preserve the status quo regarding 

the issue of independence or unification and outlining 

steps to reinforce economic, cultural, and academic exchanges with mainland China; 
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Whereas, in recent months, Lien Chan, the leader of the Nationalist Party, and Mr. Soong have made private visits 

to China and met with senior Chinese officials; and 

Whereas there have been no official talks on future relations 

between Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China since 

1998, and China recently rejected a proposal by Taiwan 

for a meeting at a neutral location: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that— 

2 (1) the President should direct all appropriate 

3 officials of the United States Government to convey 

4 to their counterpart officials in the Government of 

5 China the grave concern with which the United 

6 States Government views the threat of force em7 bodied in the anti-secession law enacted by the Gov8 ernment of the People’s Republic of China in par9 ticular, and the growing Chinese military threat to 

10 Taiwan in general; and 

11 (2) the United States Government should con12 tinue to encourage dialogue between the People’s 

13 Republic of China and Taiwan on an equal footing 

14 and without preconditions. 

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